Where does “bordo” come from?

bordo (Esperanto) comes from French bord, from Old French bord, from Frankish bord, from Proto-Germanic burdą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰers- — top, tip, point.

bordo (Esperanto): shore; bank; border

Definitions

  1. shore; bank; border

Ancestry of “bordo”, step by step

bordo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French bord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbordborder, edge, limit; boundary
2Old Frenchbordside of a ship, edge; a border
3Frankishbordplank, board; side of a ship or vessel; board,...
4Proto-Germanicburdąboard, plank; table
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point

via Italian bordo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbordoedge, border, margin, hem, rim; side, board;...
2Medieval Latinbordumplank, board; shipboard

Words derived from “bordo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰers- →Every word from Proto-Germanic burdą →Every word from Frankish bord →